Gym'll fix it for you

Yesterday I joined Healthland gym, for the "limited edition" sum of £160. Seems reasonable, given that a years graduate membership in the Stevie building is about £360. There's no smimming pool, but plenty other stuff and apparently a lot of hot female talent. The only perceived drawback is that it's supposed to get extremely busy at peak times. I joined because I believe it'll give me an incentive to get fit, but only time will tell.

I went to see "Halfcut" plus special guests at the Soundhaus on Thursday. I went with my 3 flatmates, and it was a great gig. The lead singer is Alistair's cousin so we got tickets at a discount price of £3.

In general, I've settled into the flat ok. My flatmates seem cool and it's a really a refreshing change to be living with girls as well as a male flatmate, even if they are slightly quirky Europeans :D So far it's been infinitely more social than my last residence in Glasgow. Suzi is giving me a lift up tonight with the rest of my stuff (I'm in Prestwick at the moment), and now I'm feeling properly settled in I can now concentrate on the job search. Currently I've got 2 interviews lined up for next week - both computing-related. I may also be able to get some interviews for call-centres as well, so we'll see how things unfold. Iain got a job with Sky customer service so he gave me the number to phone.

My papa has now moved into my parents house, and now they're going to get Sky tv! Just after I've left home again! Talk about bad timing! Anyway I'm not really that bothered. I can watch it whenever I come to visit.

It seems strange to be living so near to the Boyd Orr building and not be able to go and use the broadband in the lab any more (sob). As I still don't have a computer of my own, I've been accessing the net from Tinderbox, the coffee shop. It costs about £1 for 23 minutes surfing, which is handy for checking emails and blogs etc. Well actually, I lied about the Boyd Orr - I have been able to access the broadband as I can still use my login from last year!! However I feel a bit edgy when doing so as I feel as if I don't belong there any more. It feels... dirty. To minimise the risk of getting caught or the security guard asking for my fob, I try to make any visit as short as possible. In and out in under 2 minutes, just like the SAS - albeit a sad, geeky SAS!

Anyway, I'll conclude on a positive note - my uncle finally underwent the "cardioversion" procedure and it was a success! Nice to get some good news for a change.